Following triumphant performances in Oberhausen, Amsterdam and Zurich in 2016, as well as a sold out UK arena tour including London’s Wembley Stadiumin June 2017, Jeff Lynne’s ELO have announced today that they will be returning to the UK and Europe for an extended run of shows in 2018. The newly announced shows will see the legendary band play 19 dates across the continent through September and October.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO play the following Arena dates in Autumn 2018:

September 2018

Wed 12th Stockholm, Ericsson Globe Arena

Fri 14th Oslo, Spektrum Arena

Sun 16th Copenhagen, Royal Arena

Tue 18th Hamburg, Barclaycard Arena

Wed 19th Berlin, Mercedes Benz Arena

Fri 21st Munich, Olympiahalle

Sun 23rd Vienna, Stadhalle

Tue 25th Mannheim, SAP Arena

Thu 27th Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome

Sun 30th Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena

October 2018

Weds 3rd Glasgow, SSE Hydro Arena

Fri 5th Manchester, Manchester Arena

Tues 9th Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena

Weds 10th Birmingham, Arena Birmingham

Mon 15th Leeds, First Direct Arena

Weds 17th London, O2 Arena

Tue 23rd Liverpool, Echo Arena

Wed 25th Dublin, 3Arena

Fri 26th Belfast, The SSE Arena

Tickets go on general sale Friday November 17th at 9am local time.

Looking ahead to the new shows, Jeff said; “Our audiences are amazing. It’s like they’re in the group. We can’t wait to play for them again.”

More popular than ever, Jeff Lynne’s ELO have always been known for their epic live shows and with a distinct style that seamlessly and innovatively blends rock, pop and classical, ELO has had twenty six UK Top 40 singles, making Lynne’s sweeping productions some of the most recognisable music of the last forty years and helping sell over 50 million records worldwide.

June’s stunning Wembley Stadium gig is being immortalised in the live DVD ‘Wembley Or Bust’ out November 17th. In ‘Wembley or Bust’, we see Jeff and his remarkable musical ensemble filling Wembley Stadium with one of the greatest rock & roll spectacles of all time, complete with bells, whistles and spaceships in front of a 60,000 capacity crowd.

Widely agreed upon as one of the greatest record producers in music history, Lynne was a co-founder and member of The Travelling Wilburys together with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Tom Petty as well as a producer and collaborator with some of the biggest names in music including The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, and most recently, Bryan Adams.